“A Memorial to the Greater Love”
This sermon begins with a lengthy introduction for the Sunday before America's Memorial Day, featuring Pastor Smith's reflections on memorials, particularly the Gettysburg Battlefield. President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is the subject as Pastor Smith explains the speech's lines and highlights Lincoln's reflections on the birth of the United States, "conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
With the statement, "Heroes not only risk their lives in the line of duty but also dedicate their lives to serving and saving others," Pastor Smith transitions to Jesus Christ's commandment to "love one another, as I have loved you" (John 15:12) and to the idea that the greatest expression of love is "that a many lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13).
